April, 2023 

Divisional Series 1 Officially Decided! 

ZSY - 2   BOB - 6   F  
BOB leads best-of-five series 2-0  
W - Seaver (1-0)   L - Hernandez (0-2)   
BOB: Seaver: CG (1), 2 ER, QS (1)  
ZSY: Hernandez: 3 1/3 IP, 5 ER,  
BOB: E. Martinez, 5-5, 4 RBI  
BOB: Aparico, 3-5, 3 SB, 3 R 
ZSY: Kiner, 2-4, HR (3), 2 RBI 

The Spartans came out swinging, tagging Hernandez with 4 runs in the first inning. They never looked back. The Z-Slayers got several runners into scoring position, but Tom Seaver was absolutely solid in his first career postseason performance, pitching a complete game and only getting burned by a home run off the bat of Ralph Kiner, his third of the postseason. Although Ricardo Rincon did an admirable job coming in for long relief for the Z-Slayers, the Bobians kept up the pressure all evening with extremely aggressive base running all night, with extra bases picked up by Luis Aparicio, Ichiro, Raul Mondesi, and Juan Pierre.  
 

BOB – 6 ZSY - 3   F   
BOB wins best-of-five series 3-0   
W - Burkett (1-0)   L - Day (0-1)  S – Fingers (1)  
BOB: Seaver: 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, QS (1)   
ZSY: Day: 5 IP, 5 ER   
BOB: Mondesi: 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI   
BOB: Giles: 3-5, 2 RBI  
ZSY: Pujols: 2-4, HR (1), 2 RBI 

The Spartans again scored most their runs in the first inning, rallying for 4 runs which was already more than they had allowed all year. The Z-Slayers offense showed a little more life than in Game 2, but John Burkett proved why he is perhaps the most valuable 4th starter in the entire league, keeping the extremely potent Z-Slayers to only 3 runs through almost seven strong innings. Although Zach Day settled down a bit in the middle innings, the Spartans kept up pressure all night and added additional runs thanks to clutch hitting from Raul Mondesi and Marcus Giles. Rollie Fingers came on in relief of Burkett, and slammed the door on the sweep of the Series. With that, we head to the Championship Series, which features the very compelling story of the Spartans of Bobia posting the best season on record going up against the Maxion Bombers, the greatest comeback team on record.